> Quiz show star Richard Osman is set to sell his millionth copy of his debut novel this week, making it only the second adult fiction hardback to reach the milestone in the UK this century. The Pointless co-presenter, 50, admitted he was 'excited' by the soaring sales figures of The Thursday Murder Club, the Times reported.
> The crime novel takes place in a quiet retirement village, where four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes but are unexpectedly thrown into the middle of a real-life case when a local developer is found dead.
> Speaking about his literary achievement, Richard told the publication: 'Sociologically I find it fascinating, personally I find it humbling and, as someone who's obsessed with numbers, I find it exciting.
> His novel will be only the second adult fiction hardback to sell more than one million copies in the UK this century; the last novel to reach the rare achievement was The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
> The Thursday Murder Club was published by Viking in September and quickly shot to No 1 in the charts and has remained in the top ten fiction hardbacks ever since. By the week ending March 13th, the novel had amazingly sold 979,426 copies and is incredibly set to reach seven figures this week.
> The House of Games presenter said he had 'always' wanted to write crime novels and started the book three years ago. Two more instalments have already been commissioned while Steven Spielberg has snapped up the film rights.
>> Quiz show star Richard Osman is set to sell his millionth copy of his debut novel this week, making it only the second adult fiction hardback to reach the milestone in the UK this century. The Pointless co-presenter, 50, admitted he was 'excited' by the soaring sales figures of The Thursday Murder Club, the Times reported.
>> The crime novel takes place in a quiet retirement village, where four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes but are unexpectedly thrown into the middle of a real-life case when a local developer is found dead.
>> Speaking about his literary achievement, Richard told the publication: 'Sociologically I find it fascinating, personally I find it humbling and, as someone who's obsessed with numbers, I find it exciting.
>> His novel will be only the second adult fiction hardback to sell more than one million copies in the UK this century; the last novel to reach the rare achievement was The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
>> The Thursday Murder Club was published by Viking in September and quickly shot to No 1 in the charts and has remained in the top ten fiction hardbacks ever since. By the week ending March 13th, the novel had amazingly sold 979,426 copies and is incredibly set to reach seven figures this week.
>> The House of Games presenter said he had 'always' wanted to write crime novels and started the book three years ago. Two more instalments have already been commissioned while Steven Spielberg has snapped up the film rights.
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